YouTube offers website for PS3 and Wii consoles

YouTube is making it a little easier for people with consoles to watch YouTube videos on their television. The website has announced that it has created a new portal specially designed to be viewed on a television from a Sony PS3 or Nintendo Wii. The site’s text has been enlarged and navigation has been streamlined to make it easy to view your favorite YouTube videos from a controller.

It’s important to note that the Nintendo Wii doesn’t come with an Internet browser out of the box. If you want an Internet browser on your Wii you’ll need to cough up about $5. That’s not a bad price to pay to be able to access web video on your television.

It’d be nice to see some other major websites take YouTube’s lead and offer simplified versions of their websites for the PS3 and Wii consoles. It could lead to a lot more visitors and after all isn’t that what it’s all about? Great job, YouTube! Thanks for leading the way.